James Williams Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

1923-2022 James Seth Williams, age 98, a resident of Los Lunas, NM, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne Tondre Williams, who passed in 2013. James is survived by his sons, Tony (Stephanie) of Los Lunas, Chris of Albuquerque, and Pete of Albuquerque; daughter, Meta Rosen (Bob) of Tempe, Arizona; six grandchildren; and twelve great grandchildren. He was born on September 20, 1923 in Tajique, NM, to parents Seth and Beulah Williams. James was the last surviving of four children. Beulah taught school in Tajique. Seth was a farmer. After a few years in Milan, NM and the South Valley, in 1934, when James was eleven, the family bought a farm in El Cerro and set up a small dairy and produce farm, taking advantage of the new drainage and reclamation project of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. He graduated from Los Lunas High School in 1940, while in high school working on the family dairy and an after-school job testing milk at local dairies. James served proudly in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II, and for many years claimed to be the oldest living WWII veteran he knew of in Valencia County. After the War, James married Anne Tondre of Los Lunas, earned a bachelor’s degree in soil science at New Mexico State University and started his family. His career in business began selling agricultural products in El Centro, California and later in New Mexico. Through various corporate mergers and acquisitions, starting with the company he joined in Albuquerque, he became an executive in a publicly traded company in the energy sector, retiring from a position in El Paso in about 1982. James was a lifelong farmer, buying the family place in El Cerro right after the War. During his career as a corporate executive, James, with the help of his sons, farmed in El Cerro, at times cultivating hundreds of acres and running a cattle feed lot and later grooming only a remaining parcel of alfalfa next to the family home, always tidy, verdant and admired by the his many new neighbors in new houses on the old surrounding farm parcels. After retiring from his corporate job, James started Williams Glass Company, with sons Chris and Pete. In the early 2000’s he turned over to his sons a window distributorship in New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. James was a wonderful father, husband, friend and citizen. He will be dearly missed. His contributions to everything he touched will remain. There are no services scheduled at this time. Please sign James’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.

James Williams

September 20, 1923 - July 29, 2022